59 Socialists in Congress  2002

By Chuck Morse Published 09. 6. 02 at 20:00 Sierra Time

On the extreme left wing of the Democratic Party, The Progressive Caucus is affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America, which, in turn, is the American affiliate of the Socialist International. Congressional Caucus members, I would contend, should actually be called Socialists rather than Democrats. Unlike their European counterparts, these homegrown American Socialist Congressmen try to refrain from showing their true authoritarian colors. Such displays would be too risky in an America that is still steeped in traditional freedoms. There are still enough of us out here who would boot them out of office if they revealed too much of their true stripe.

Socialists, like Communists, Nazis, Klansmen, or other political groups, rightfully enjoy the same constitutional protections as the rest of us. Unlike their more radical aforementioned counterparts however, the socialists believe in changing the system by "boring from within" rather than through illegal violence and sedition. As such, they prefer legislation, often filled with deceptive legalese and passed through Congress by duplicitous means, as their choice of arms in their quest toward revolutionary goals. Socialists are gradualists rather than extremists. They are slowly chipping away at our G-d given rights.

Freedom loving Americans would be well advised to keep a close eye on socialist Congressmen. While they may talk like the rest of us, especially when sojourning in their respective districts, they operate from a different paradigm. If they decide to support a war against Iraq, for example, or any other intervention overseas, their motives would more likely be based on an agenda that seeks to entangle the US in a new world order than in protecting the interests of sovereign America.

As a matter of principle and as an article of faith, socialists support a socialist world government as an ultimate goal. The method they employ is the gradual transfer of constitutional responsibilities from elected American legislatures to international agencies accountable to no one. Socialists are apt to support such things as international standing armies, an international tax, the transfer of American capital to third world dictators, and the surrender of congressional responsibilities to the UN, the WTO, the IMF, UNESCO and now the International Criminal Court. Whenever communistic protocols emerge out of a UN sponsored conference, as is always the case, and whenever such un-American protocols are rejected by a still largely patriotic Congress, the socialist congressmen and their allies will more than likely try to foist the protocol on the American people through a back door.

Socialists believe in sovereignty eroding entanglements abroad and big-state socialism at home. They support high taxes on working people with the money transferred to bureaucracies staffed by their friends. They support a welfare state that oppresses poor people, especially minorities, who then become their constituents. They support left-wing judges who are willing to subvert the democratic power of Congress by making laws from the bench. While they support mandatory public education, mandatory labor unions, mandatory racial quotas, land-grabbing environmental regulation, and thought control in the form of hate speech legislation, they turn around and become downright libertarian when it comes to pornography, abortion, sex, drugs, homosexuality, and other agendas that debauch the citizenry.

Following is the Sept. 2002 membership list of the Progressive Caucus:

"There are still enough of us out here who would boot them out of office if they revealed too much of their true stripe."

Would were that were so. There are so many dissident non-thinkers in our country now, thanks to liberalism, that the voting public is pretty much eating out of the hands of these subversive socialists.

Socialists are apt to support such things as international standing armies, an international tax, the transfer of American capital to third world dictators, and the surrender of congressional responsibilities to the UN, the WTO, the IMF

I'm confused here. Most socialists I thought were opposed to free trade and thus the WTO and IMF. It wasn't conservatives rioting in Seattle.

Thanks for that list of socialist organizations. I can't stand groups like Amnesty International - always meddling in countries like China and Burma. Or Doctors Without Borders, who cunningly donate their medical skills in impoverished countries. Who knows what could happen if either of those groups were at all successful in their aims. Stan Kubrick

I disagree. Doctors Without Borders is a wonderful private charitable organization. I know less about Amnesty International, but there is nothing wrong with advocating basic human rights.

You, I gather, would prefer an ineffective governmental behemoth to "solve" all the worlds ills.

We need to eliminate at least one more. Rep. David Bonior will be leaving the House of Representatives, due to that he ran for Governor of Michigan, but he lost in the primary to Atty General Jennifer Granholm.

If you have a Saturday afternoon to spare, go to her district and volunteer in the oppositions headquarters, volunteer to take yardsigns out to be put up! Volunteer to answer the phone. I'm sure you'll think of a job you'dlike to do!!

Freedom loving Americans would be well advised to keep a close eye on socialist Congressmen. While they may talk like the rest of us, especially when sojourning in their respective districts, they operate from a different paradigm.

They do indeed operate from a different paradigm--one based upon a succession of lies and delusions. But they do not talk like me. Since, I turned 15 1/2, I have rejected every premise of Socialism, and all the delusional verbage that goes with them. (See The Lies Of Socialism.)

Thank you for posting this list of the enemy. There are few if any surprises on it. But again, that is because these people do not talk like most of us. I only wish there was a legal way to throw the lot of them out of our country. Their whole creed is a denial of what America is all about.

>>The socialist were a real problem in Lenin's eyes. It seems that Lenin's view of "practical" communism required skipping the socialism phase<<

Not at all.

Lenin simply said the truth-the people would never, never adopt socialism of their own free will, and that furthermore, once socialism was put in place by revolution, the people would work ceaselessly to undermine it.

Therefore, Lenin reasoned (correctly, see "What is to Be Done?") that Red terror before, during, and after the revolution would be required to whip the people along, to get them to act against their will, against their culture, against their religion, and against human nature.

Apparently our elected "capitalist" representatives and senators, who don't really represent us, don't have the courage to shine the light of day on these socialists. Doing so in this forum is good, but it should be spread to many forums to really spread the word. Well Done.

...They will continue to refer themselves, and the nation as a democracy. In their ideology, fascism is what they can get away with, for now. Their next step, you've said it. A Freeconstituent Republic will not be tolerated...

In a free capitalist society, this elitist enrichment also occurs, but at least the people are free to pursue their own best interests instead of having that interest subjugated to the state and ultimately the elite who control it.

Also, there are hungry want to be's who use the capitalist system to create new wealth for themselves. Elites in a capitalist system often don't stay at the top very long before they are replaced by new elites. Elites in a dictatorship have the ability to thwart potential competitors. Unfortunately, this leads to stagnating societies and economies.

Therefore, Lenin reasoned (correctly, see "What is to Be Done?") that Red terror before, during, and after the revolution would be required to whip the people along, to get them to act against their will, against their culture, against their religion, and against human nature.

I wholeheartedly agree, My use of the term "practical" Communism was just a very abridged (and inexact) form of what you said.

"The American People will never knowingly adopt Socialism, but under the name of Liberalism they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program until one day America will be a Socialist Nation without ever knowing how it happened----" Who on earth would publicly say such a thing,you may ask yourself? Norman Thomas, Six-Time Socialist Party Presidential Candidate and One of the Founders of the ACLU.

Sure, my only point was that "practical" communism doesn't give a hoot about the so called socialist phase of the revolution. Practical communism is just state sponsored terror, repression and death to bring about the revolution.

Theoretical communism is bascally a circle jerk by a bunch of lefties to see who can come up with the best ideas to get the state to give someone else your property.

On the extreme left wing of the Democratic Party, The Progressive Caucus is affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America, which, in turn, is the American affiliate of the Socialist International.

All the more reason to vote Republican. Throwing our votes away on fringe single-digit candidates will not right this wrong.

"The American People will never knowingly adopt Socialism, but under the name of Liberalism they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program until one day America will be a Socialist Nation without ever knowing how it happened----" Who on earth would publicly say such a thing,you may ask yourself?

--Norman Thomas, Six-Time Socialist Party Presidential Candidate and One of the Founders of the ACLU.

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